Author: stelledacqua

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Ornate Gorget of King Francis I of France dated to the 16th Century on display at the

Museu Militar de Lisboa in Lisbon

The gorget is composed of two
pieces of gilded silver showing scenes of war. Lined with crimson velvet, and embroidered on the
inside of the gorget is the Kings personal motto:

Nutrisco et Extinguo "I Nourish [the Good] and Extinguish [the Bad]”

When
King Luis I of Portugal made his trip to the Universal Exposition of Paris in
1867, he acquired several replicas of historical weapons, among them this gorget.

Photographs taken by myself

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The Royal Barge of King João VI of Portugal from Lisbon dated to 1778 on display at the Museu de Marinha in Lisbon

Built in 1778 by order of Queen Maria I by the Royal Naval Shipyard in Lisbon,  for the betrothal of the Duke of Braganza, and later King, João VI to Carlota Joaquina of Spain. After that it passed to the official service of the royal family. 

The barge was manned by 80 sailors at the ours, a coxswain and a bowman. Its last use was to transport Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom up the river Targus during her official visit to Portugal in 1957.

Photographs taken by myself